Longhorns Wire

How Rhode Island manufacturing helped men land on the moon

The Ashton Mill in Cumberland produced the material, Beta cloth, that protected Apollo spacesuits and was also used in the ...

‘Flight originated from the imagination’: how artists have captured space travel

As the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum turns 50, an expansive exhibition celebrates how art has coincided with space ...

What to see in the Air and Space Museum’s reopened galleries

In the five renovated spaces, you can try out a wind tunnel, climb into a Cessna Skyhawk, view artworks and visit old ...
Lake County Record-Bee

Office of Education takes summer programs to deep space

During the regular school calendar students take field trips to enhance knowledge best engaged outside the classroom, and ...
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‘I spent 165 days in space – there’s one question I get asked the most’

As a former astronaut with three space missions under his belt, Chris Hadfield is an object of both fascination and curiosity. Spacemen and women do all manner of incredible work up there, but ...
Newsday

NASA studies historic lunar module simulator on Long Island to help design future Artemis spacecraft

A historic lunar module simulator in the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Uniondale played a role Wednesday in the next phase of space exploration that eventually could take humankind to Mars and beyond.
Smithsonian Magazine

The Flight (and Fights) of Apollo 7

When the first Apollo mission to carry astronauts to orbit launched on October 11, 1968, everyone at NASA sighed in relief. Apollo 7 rose on a pillar of flame from Kennedy Space Center’s Pad 34 on ...
autoevolution

Interview: Apollo vs Orion, The Key Differences Explained by Lockheed Martin Personnel

The Lockheed Martin Orion is the latest arrival of a human-rated spacecraft slated to take humans beyond the bounds of Low Earth Orbit and close to the surface of another heavenly body. But for all ...
New York Post

Artemis II astronauts wore top-of-the-line Omega watches around the moon — and one sported old-school NASA icon

Now that’s a space-time continuum. The Artemis II crew has been tracking their time away in high style with analog-digital Omega wristwatches designed specifically for space travel — but one of the ...
ZME Science

NASA Is Finally Returning to the Moon After 50 Years. But Why Did It Take So Long?

At 13:24:59 Central Standard Time on December 19 1972, the Apollo 17 command module splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, about 350 nautical miles south-east of Samoa, concluding the last mission to the ...
GMA

What life will be like for Artemis II astronauts inside the tiny Orion spacecraft

We've all been on long road trips, cramped into the backseat of a car for several hours as the twists and turns of the highway intensify already uncomfortable circumstances. Now, imagine similar ...
The Conversation

Why has it taken so long to return to the Moon?

The Artemis II astronauts will travel around the Moon in the Orion spacecraft. Esa / D. Ducros At 13:24:59 Central Standard Time on December 19 1972, the Apollo 17 command module splashed down in the ...